Top Beginner's Astronomy Books!

These are not the only books suitable for beginners, but they are the ones I find myself recommending more than any of the others. Hope this selection get you on your way!

Amazon affiliate links:

Philips (now Millers) planisphere
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Guide to the Stars planisphere
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The Backyard Astronomer's Guide
https://amzn.to/36uRRwZ

Nightwatch
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Cambridge Star Atlas
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Sky & Telescope's Pocket Star Atlas
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Binocular Astronomy
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Turn Left at Orion
https://amzn.to/3fYPRQQ

The Stars: A New Way to See Them
https://amzn.to/3qp81jB

Star Ware
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Burnham's Celestial Handbook Vol 1
https://amzn.to/37s5NqN

Vol 2
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Vol 3
https://amzn.to/37AmxfQ

Starlight Nights
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Cosmos
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Additional links:

The 21st Century Atlas of the Moon https://amzn.to/3bsk4Hk
Turn Left at Orion (good beginner’s book about finding stuff) https://amzn.to/3fYPRQQ
My tiny 8X21 binoculars are here https://amzn.to/39RdfyP
A decent pair of 7X35 binoculars https://amzn.to/3mESBoV
A decent pair of 7X50 binoculars https://amzn.to/3g6amLB
The Orion 8X42 binoculars are here https://amzn.to/37vW1UK

Camera used for filming https://amzn.to/38QrkLv
The lens I use for filming (80% of the time) https://amzn.to/38QIN6i
The lens I use for filming (most of the rest of the 20% of the time) https://amzn.to/3cITdpV
My tripod https://amzn.to/2OEDhNo
My ballhead https://amzn.to/3cLeLSW
The softboxes I use https://amzn.to/3qSDp91

My astrophotography book contains advice on telescopes observing, and taking pictures (based on my award-winning Dartmouth thesis, June 2020) 255 pages, 258 color images: https://amzn.to/2Jt1O5o

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